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DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Rakuten In Store Network has turned on offers in Google Pay, allowing users of the payment method to receive cash back on promotions connected to their cards for eCommerce and brick-and-mortar purchases, according to a Tuesday (Dec. What sets the offers experience apart in Google Pay is the simplicity and the ease of use.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Cognira Rolls Out AI Promotion Suite For Retailers. Cognira, the retail artificial intelligence technology firm, has launched its AI Promotion Solution.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Listen closely to recent news — including news coming out of the ongoing NRF retail show in New York City — and you’ll hear ample talk about omnichannel commerce. Now Google has added its own voice to that. 14), Google had yet to comment on the acquisition but Pointy had issued a statement about it. Google vs Facebook.

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JULY 5, 2020

Google and Temasek Holdings Private Ltd. , The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s But Google and Temasek appear to be the most interested, and negotiations could conclude in a few weeks, Bloomberg’s anonymous sources said.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 11, 2019

Giants in retail, banking and the Web are rapidly adopting blockchain technologies. But, will these companies such as Google and Facebook truly dominate blockchain?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The future of retail is playing out in multiple places, not the least of which is the open road. One of the latest examples of that comes from General Motors, which plans to add Google apps capability to its cars in 2021, according to a report. Google Play. That’s where the connected vehicle ecosystem is being built.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Stats like that are in the news this week as Google Pay, by virtue of a revamp , is on its way to becoming a hyperconnected “super app” – tied to smart banking profiled this week. Google is looking to capitalize on some momentum around mobile wallets. So you can scan product barcodes or QR codes straight from Google Pay.”

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations , powered by Ekata, dives deep into this complex and unsettled topic, from possible abrupt retail impacts to long-term open banking repercussions. The European Union (EU) has levied $126 million USD in fines in that brief time, the biggest against Google at $57 million.

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APRIL 17, 2020

To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The tech company’s debit card will have the brand of Google along with its partnered financial institution; however, it is not known what the offering’s name will be.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A payments platform created by India’s largest retail banks surpassed a billion transactions in October, a milestone that affirms the tremendous growth of services offered by U.S. and Google. giants from Walmart Inc. to Amazon.com Inc.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Nium , the global FinTech platform, announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS that users will be able to make payments through Google Pay with its company Visa cards. Nium’s Google Pay announcement, according to the release, will help it become more accessible across the world.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. Along with a new logo for its 15th birthday, the Google Maps app has stepped up its navigation features, according to reports. Updates is a feed of stories, trending nearby spots.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

And according to recent news on the eCommerce front, Google has lost a friend, seemingly, in at least part of its ongoing eCommerce battle against Amazon. As reported on 9to5google.com , Google has confirmed to users that Walmart products are no longer available through Google Express.

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MARCH 13, 2018

According to news from FierceRetail , figures show that as of Q1 2018, Google Shopping campaigns account for almost 80 percent of all retail search ad spend. As of the latest data for this year, Google drew more than 76 percent of all retail search ad spend. That strength was influenced by category accounting — U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Google says that six months of COVID-19 restrictions have produced changes in shopping habits that in typical times would have taken 10 years to transpire – and the company today is touting offerings for brick-and-mortar small businesses as a way to help. Business owners can integrate the ads with inventory management systems.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ford and Google are partnering to launch Team Upshift, a six-year partnership intended to advance vehicle innovation and data-driven opportunities. “As Team Upshift will leverage both firms’ talent and assets to advance various projects, such as developing new car-buying retail experiences and data-based ownership offers.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Google Pay revamp , launched last month (Nov. 1 for finance on the Google Play App Store, the website Apptopia reported. Beyond that, on Apple’s App Store , Google Pay hit No. consumers now make purchases within retailer apps — a significant jump from the 21 percent who did so pre-pandemic.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Security experts at Google have identified over a dozen government-backed hacking groups trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to fuel malware and phishing attempts. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said hackers had been targeting the World Health Organization (WHO), as revealed in early April by Reuters.

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MAY 13, 2021

Google’s head of retail banking, Zac Maufe, confirmed the tech giant is stepping into the banking sector. “We're really excited because we think that there are so many technologies and capabilities that Google has to offer that can be brought into the financial services space and.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the pandemic continues to move shopping online, Google is adding new tools to make its Shopping tab more competitive and robust so users will know they’re getting the best deals. Integration with Google Lens will help buyers find products similar to what they have or like something they found online. Verified U.S.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

s Google Cloud division is expecting a surge in fourth-quarter sales as the country’s retailers brace for record online holiday shopping. We’re planning for peak on top of peak,” Google Cloud’s Carrie Tharp told Reuters. The holidays are expected to boost demand further, as retailers including Walmart Inc. Wayfair Inc.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping. Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

It’s not uncommon for online brands to open brick-and-mortar stores, and it seems that Google may be the latest digitally native brand to take the plunge into offline retail. Google itself is no stranger to the area: The company already has over 900 employees working at its Midwest headquarters in the city. by the end of 2018.

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APRIL 11, 2024

US-based professional services company Cognizant has announced its strategic partnership with Shopify and Google Cloud , aiming to advance digitalisation for global retailers.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Google Pay has added 89 banks compatible with its services in the last month and a half of updates, according to a report from TalkAndroid. The new additions keep up the tech giant's trend of filling out support for financial institutions (FIs) around the country, and Google Pay is now supporting almost 3,000 FIs in total. Klarna U.S.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered payments startup Skipify is partnering with Google to deliver shopping features within the Gmail ecosystem, the companies said announced on Friday (Oct. Google said on Thursday (Oct. Further, unsubscribe rates dropped 50 percent.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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APRIL 21, 2020

In a bid to lure advertisers from other eCommerce companies, Google said it will no longer charge merchants to place ads on its Shopping search page, Reuters reported. Ready said the concept has been in the planning stages for a while, but was given a higher priority as some retailers experience a sales slump due to COVID-19.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Now, Google ’s parent company, Alphabet , is creating what Reuters called “a global advisory council to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.”. Google is positioning itself as a major player in artificial intelligence. Furthermore, Google has already made ethical stances related to AI.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Google’s online shopping service, Google Express, is shuttering in a few weeks and its features are going to merge with a new version of Google Shopping, according to a report by TechCrunch. Google said it was going to close the brand and redesign the way it handles online shopping.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

In brick-and-mortar, retailers are overestimating demand for buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) , but they are underestimating demand for delivery. 3 : Number of elements included in Google’s new ‘Product Discovery Solutions for Retail’ suite.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Voice recognition could soon play a bigger role in retail — especially in the world of quick service restaurants. That’s not the only recent major move that involves voice recognition and the biometric authentication method’s potential use in retail and payments. That’s the signal sent recently by McDonald’s.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Although multiple firms met with the company to talk about an acquisition, it was only Google and a mystery firm that ultimately came through with serious bids, CNBC reported. The Google/Fitbit deal was announced on Nov. 1, when Alphabet, Google’s parent, noted it would buy the company for roughly $2.1 Google offered $7.05

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Coinciding with Black History Month, Google is extending the Black-owned attribute to its Shopping tab, building on the initiatives launched across Search and Maps over the summer. The label reads “identifies as Black-owned” and will appear in Google Shopping’s results. .

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Amazon is getting a leg up over Google when it comes to advertising, with CNBC reporting that some advertisers are moving more than half of their budget earmarked for Google to the eCommerce giant. That, according to CNBC, represents 86 percent of all of Google’s revenue. billion in revenue. billion in revenue.

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MAY 20, 2020

The Pan-African Ecobank Group aims to help African small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to adapt to the new, always-shifting digital landscape, according to CNBC , and they’re working with Google on ways to do that. It is therefore a natural step for us to work with Google to help improve the capabilities of our SME customers.

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